Ikon Posted December 26, 2012 Share Posted December 26, 2012 Good GD though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BONTEMPI Posted December 26, 2012 Share Posted December 26, 2012 Villa look to be in big trouble. What goes around comes around Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Posted December 26, 2012 Share Posted December 26, 2012 I was about to say 'Villa will be fine', then thought - if i actually think that... surely to God we will be too? 12 goals shipped in two games is a dismal, dismal effort. You'd have to be pretty s**** to be worse than them. Any team can get a humping, they've just had 2 and they might not get over that in a hurry. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superior Acuña Posted December 26, 2012 Share Posted December 26, 2012 I think Villa will be fine, and the mackems now too. I think 3 of the bottom 4 will go. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowlingcrofty Posted December 26, 2012 Share Posted December 26, 2012 QPR, Reading and Southampton are the three who I think will go. Think we'll finish about 12th. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JH Posted December 26, 2012 Share Posted December 26, 2012 It's set up to fizzle out our league season. I just hope that we turn it on in the FA Cup/Europa Leauge Souness-style to at least make this season enjoyable in slightest. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cp40 Posted December 26, 2012 Share Posted December 26, 2012 just been thinking about this- I doubt any of them bottom sides will get 40 points. And I also doubt we will get less points in the second half of the season. that in mind, im not as worried now. the qpr points were huge tho. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordan Posted December 26, 2012 Share Posted December 26, 2012 Was really worried about being relegated a few weeks ago. Now, I think we almost definitely won't go down. We've been playing better football lately and starting to look like we're getting some fight back. We deserved a point today and if we play like that most weeks we'll go straight back up the table. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted December 26, 2012 Share Posted December 26, 2012 We'll be in the group of mediocre also-rans in 9th-15th. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole_Toonfan Posted December 26, 2012 Share Posted December 26, 2012 We will end up top 10 imo whether thats enough to keep the likes of hba into next season i dont know. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wullie Posted December 27, 2012 Share Posted December 27, 2012 It won't happen. We're playing too well and we will smash a few teams really fucking hard in the next few months. The fixtures are scary but we will salvage something from this season if we continue as we are and Pardew doesn't lose his bottle and revert back to horror football. I can't see us ever smashing anyone again under Pardew, it's not in his nature to go for the jugular. I agree with you though, the real worry is the future of players like Cabaye, Cisse, Krul and Ben Arfa. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
leffe186 Posted December 27, 2012 Share Posted December 27, 2012 We will end up top 10 imo whether thats enough to keep the likes of hba into next season i dont know. Not getting into the Europa will mean you don't have to invest in the squad...... Naah. I've been reassuring my wife that Villa won't go down, but I didn't realize how bad their injury list is. They're top of that league, and it's mainly first team players they're missing. With a team that young, one or two more dodgy results could really open the flood gates. I thought QPR would pull themselves out - and they still might - but there are enough sides really struggling down there that I really can't see you getting sucked in. Even if you lose the next four (including Brighton), I have you down to beat Reading and Villa. After your European games, you then have a pretty cushty run-in. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interpolic Posted December 27, 2012 Share Posted December 27, 2012 It won't happen. We're playing too well and we will smash a few teams really fucking hard in the next few months. The fixtures are scary but we will salvage something from this season if we continue as we are and Pardew doesn't lose his bottle and revert back to horror football. I can't see us ever smashing anyone again under Pardew, it's not in his nature to go for the jugular. I agree with you though, the real worry is the future of players like Cabaye, Cisse, Krul and Ben Arfa. I sort of agree in principle but if we carry on with this system and keep faith with it then I can see us smashing 3 or 4 teams by 3 or more goals before the season's out. We're playing good stuff, there are faults but we're getting there and someone is due a hiding. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LateRegistration Posted December 27, 2012 Share Posted December 27, 2012 Worth noting that in the 08-09 relegation season although we were 2 points better off at this stage, we only managed 2 more wins that season and still only needed a point in the end to stay up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ItalianMagpie Posted December 27, 2012 Share Posted December 27, 2012 Worth noting that in the 08-09 relegation season although we were 2 points better off at this stage, we only managed 2 more wins that season and still only needed a point in the end to stay up. True, but we still did win only those 2 games in the rest of the season and we still didn't get that point. Nobody can say it can't happen again. Plus, that was a rather exceptional season, Hull stayed up with 35 points but you normally need at least 40 points to be safe. We got 20 at the half of the season, we need another 20 and it's not gonna be easy if we keep this form. Today we had a good game, but we had it at Anfield and at home against City too (at least for a part of it) before reverting to s*** football and losing to West Ham and struggling like hell to get past an awful QPR. Cautiously otpimistic cause we're hopefully getting some important players back soon and I think eventually we'll be fine, but I certainly don't expect us to put up a great show at the Emirates on Saturday only because of today's performance. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-more Mag Posted December 27, 2012 Share Posted December 27, 2012 Worth noting that in the 08-09 relegation season although we were 2 points better off at this stage, we only managed 2 more wins that season and still only needed a point in the end to stay up. And the clubs in the relegation zone this year are significantly worse than at the same point in 08-09. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
merlin Posted December 27, 2012 Share Posted December 27, 2012 Still too soon to make a prediction - the transfer window will tell us more.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmojorisin75 Posted December 27, 2012 Share Posted December 27, 2012 It won't happen. We're playing too well and we will smash a few teams really fucking hard in the next few months. The fixtures are scary but we will salvage something from this season if we continue as we are and Pardew doesn't lose his bottle and revert back to horror football. I can't see us ever smashing anyone again under Pardew, it's not in his nature to go for the jugular. I agree with you though, the real worry is the future of players like Cabaye, Cisse, Krul and Ben Arfa. said it in the other thread but what have you seen to suggest we'll be able to open up the likes of reading, southampton, stoke, sunderland etc. if they come up to SJP to defend and steal a point or a narrow win? personally nothing, looking better against better teams is pretty easy in all honesty as they leave space and let you play a la man city, they just end up scoring more than you looking at the table i think going down is very unlikely due to the utter shite below us, but i think it's going to be a real limp past the 40 points mark for us this year Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scoreboard82 Posted December 27, 2012 Share Posted December 27, 2012 Thanks to the Wigan, QPR wins i'm not too worried. We're as close to 9th as we are the bottom 3, with key players to return. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
toon25 Posted December 27, 2012 Share Posted December 27, 2012 Thanks to the Wigan, QPR wins i'm not too worried. We're as close to 9th as we are the bottom 3, with key players to return. This. If we play like we did yesterday for the rest of the season we'll have nothing to worry about. Despite the cunting result there were huge positives to take from the performance. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ItalianMagpie Posted December 27, 2012 Share Posted December 27, 2012 Not that with the key players fully fit we were thrashing everybody... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cp40 Posted December 29, 2012 Share Posted December 29, 2012 villa into the bottom 3 as it stands- 2 points behind us Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superior Acuña Posted December 29, 2012 Share Posted December 29, 2012 Good and bad for us today. The zone's closing in, but it's also getting nicely cluttered around the bottom third. Nice to see Fulham, Villa, mackems, West Ham all being kept in and around. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
leffe186 Posted December 29, 2012 Share Posted December 29, 2012 Finally voted - 3. Too much shit around you, and you have good players to come back. I can't see Villa finishing above you, and it the only thing I see undoing you is more injuries plus QPR going apeshit in the window. Even then, I'd expect either Southampton or Fulham to falter. The only reason I went for 3 and not 2 was the fact that you really shouldn't have got relegated last time, yet you did. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimbo Posted December 29, 2012 Share Posted December 29, 2012 Fucked. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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